Canada's Groundwater Resources - WET 201 - Groundwater Information Network

Why Have Canada's Groundwater Reservoirs Not Been Talked About More?

The "Abundance Mentality"

We Have Surface Water Virtually Everywhere!

Canada as mapped using only its rivers, streams & lakes

https://vividmaps.com/canada-mapped-only-by-rivers-streams/

Groundwater Canada's Least Understood But Most Important Resource.

The oil and gas reservoirs in this country are better understood than the groundwater reservoirs, as you all know.

- Karen Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment Canada.

Eau Canada by Karen Bakker (Editor)
Call Number: HD 1696 .C2 E28 2007
ISBN: 9780774813396
Publication Date: 2006-11-29
Read Chapter 4 - Outtof Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada's Groundwater for Granted. written by Linda Nowlan.

As the sustainability of our natural resources is increasingly questioned, Canadians remain stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of our water. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that Canadian water is under threat. Eau Canada assembles the country's top water experts to discuss our most pressing water issues. Perspectives from a broad range of thinkers - geographers, environmental lawyers, former government officials, aquatic and political scientists, and economists - reflect the diversity of concerns in water management. Arguing that weak governance is at the heart of Canada's water problems, this timely book identifies our key failings, explores debates over jurisdiction, transboundary waters, exports, and privatization, and maps out solutions for protecting our most important resource.

Canadian Framework for Collaboration on Groundwater

The Canadian Framework for Collaboration on Groundwater was the result of joint work carried out by a large number of organizations represented by a national ad hoc committee.

It was an initiative of the Geological Survey of Canada (Earth Sciences Sector, Natural Resources Canada) based on recommendations from the First National Workshop on Groundwater that was held in 2000 in Québec.

The National Ad Hoc Committee on Groundwater was formed to develop a vision, an action plan, and a mechanism to promote, communicate, and implement the framework for collaboration.

The draft framework was discussed by a broad range of stakeholders from all levels of government, academia, and the private sector in a Second National Workshop on Groundwater held in Calgary in 2001.

That Workshop produced this document. It details activities and provides information on the development of the Framework, including doing an inventory of the groundwater resources of Canada, sharing information, generating national databases on groundwater that are designed to be easily accessible, and filling in the gaps in groundwater knowledge identified in the two national workshops.

The recommendations in this document articulate the long-term vision and mission to fill gaps in the knowledge of the country's groundwater resources. The Framework recognizes and strongly emphasizes the need to address the groundwater issues of Canada through close cooperation between federal, provincial, territorial, municipal, and First Nation governments.

Canadian framework for collaboration on groundwater

Scientists Are Trying to Close the Knowledge Gap - Canada's Groundwater Resources

Canada's Groundwater Resources by Alfonso Rivera
Call Number: Kelowna Circulating Collection GB 1029 .C35 2014
ISBN: 9781554552924
Publication Date: 2013-12-11
Most fresh water -- other than glaciers -- is found underground. All of the water in the lakes and rivers of the world accounts for a fraction of the world's available freshwater resources. Less than 1% comes from surface water while 99 percent comes from the groundwater found in aquifers. Nevertheless, a fundamental question remains in our water-rich country: how much fresh water do we actually have? Groundwater is a strategic resource, currently supplying clean, abundant and relatively cheap freshwater to more than 10 million Canadians. This book represents the first comprehensive, synthesized single volume assessment of groundwater resources in Canada. Walkerton, water crisis, climate change, land use, drought, water energy, water bulk transfers, urbanization, transboundary aquifers -- all of these are keywords and issues affecting Canadians today. This book represents the work of 45 noted Canadian ground water scientists. It provides a science-based overview and a collective understanding of Canada's groundwater resources in order to support their sustainable use and protection. The narrative discusses in detail each Canadian ground water region within its geographic region, and analyzes the state of groundwater use today. Comprehensively illustrated with maps and charts, Canada's Groundwater Resources is an invaluable resource of any person concerned about today's most critical issue -WATER.
Canada's Groundwater Resources by Alfonso Rivera
Call Number: E-Book
ISBN: 9781554552924
Publication Date: 2013-12-11
Most fresh water -- other than glaciers -- is found underground. All of the water in the lakes and rivers of the world accounts for a fraction of the world's available freshwater resources. Less than 1% comes from surface water while 99 percent comes from the groundwater found in aquifers. Nevertheless, a fundamental question remains in our water-rich country: how much fresh water do we actually have? Groundwater is a strategic resource, currently supplying clean, abundant and relatively cheap freshwater to more than 10 million Canadians. This book represents the first comprehensive, synthesized single volume assessment of groundwater resources in Canada. Walkerton, water crisis, climate change, land use, drought, water energy, water bulk transfers, urbanization, transboundary aquifers -- all of these are keywords and issues affecting Canadians today. This book represents the work of 45 noted Canadian ground water scientists. It provides a science-based overview and a collective understanding of Canada's groundwater resources in order to support their sustainable use and protection. The narrative discusses in detail each Canadian ground water region within its geographic region, and analyzes the state of groundwater use today. Comprehensively illustrated with maps and charts, Canada's Groundwater Resources is an invaluable resource of any person concerned about today's most critical issue -WATER.